Action For Sick Children

1BIGD Reference number: 623

General information

Address:
36 Jacksons Edge Road
Disley
Stockport
SK12 2JL (Multimap)


Telephone: 0800 0744519

Website: http://www.actionforsickchildren.org

Email: Via Website

Contact person: Mrs Pat Reeves

Type of organisation: Charity/Community

Type of delivery point: Advice/Information Point

Aims: Provides advice and practical support for parents of sick children and young people. Helps prepare children and their families for hospital. Promotes awareness of the needs of sick children and their families. Works with Health Service managers and professionals to set standards of care for the planning and delivery of quality services. Provides information and access to library (central) for parents students and professionals concerned with the needs of sick children. They hold the only centralised library in the UK on all aspects of sick children's emotional welfare.

Availability: Referral
Contact by phone or email.

Areas of support offered

Families: Family support

Disability, Special Needs and Additional Needs: Dyslexia and perceptual difficulties; Equipment; Hearing Impairments; Learning Disability; Physical Impairments; Sight Impairments; Speech and Communication Impairments; Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Health Issues: Boys' and Men's Health; Girls' and Women's Health; Physical Health

Geographical Areas Covered

The whole of England: Yes

The South West Region: No

Locally (Bath and NE Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire): No

Bath & North East Somerset: The whole of the area

Bristol: The whole of the area

South Gloucestershire: The whole of the area

Disability and Access Issues

Bus stops nearby: No

Car park nearby: No

Parking for disabled drivers: No

Pedestrian route: No

Automatic external doors: No
Will doors easily open from a wheelchair: No

Glass doors clearly marked at the centre for safety: No

Doors 900mm or more wide, with flat thresholds: No

Doors light and non sprung: No

External ramps: No

External steps: No

Lobby/porch area: No

Interior of premises bright and well lit: No

Interior automatic doors: No
Wide doors: No
Wheelchair friendly doors: No

Door frames and handles clearly visible: No

Wide unobstructed corridors (min 1200mm): No

Lift for Wheelchair users: No

Internal ramps: No

Internal steps: No

Visual fire alarm: No

Floor contrast colouring for entrances and exits: No

Able to provide on request individuals who can:
– offer general assistance: No
– assist visually impaired people: No
– sign in BSL and/or MAKATON: No
– do lip speaking: No

Loop system for hearing aid users: No

Public telephone: No

Inductive coupler for hearing aid users: No

Provide pamphlets/leaflets: No

Provision for assistance dogs: No

Toilets that disabled people can access: No


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